Heavy monsoon rains that sparked floods and caused buildings to collapse have killed at least 49 people in north India's Uttar Pradesh state since Thursday officials said, as the national weather agency issued further storm warnings.

FOLLOWING RECENT cases of trees falling during rainstorms and causing damage and injuries, the Public Works Department of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has instructed all 50 districts of the capital to check trees and advertising billboards to prevent accidents.

Beijing was hit with severe rainstorms on July 20 with many roads becoming waterlogged. The 600-year-old Palace Museum, or Forbidden City, however, remained free of flooding, largely due to its sound, ancient drainage system, bjnews.com.cn reported on Fri

In 36 years I’ve rarely witnessed such ferocious rainstorms as we’ve experienced over the last few weeks. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra blamed the heaviest rain in 25 years for flooding in many parts of the city.

The Bangkok governor yesterday announced the formation of a flood-prevention "war room" in a bid to put up "a special fight" to protect the capital against the triple threat of rainstorms, water runoff from upriver, and high tides from the Gulf of Tha